KS3 English Lead Teacher

ARK BOLINGBROKE ACADEMY; London; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academy in London seeks a KS3 English Lead Teacher to develop English teaching and learning. The successful candidate will be a qualified teacher with strong experience at Key Stage 3, exhibiting excellent communication skills and a passion for educational excellence. A competitive salary and many benefits await you in this fulfilling role.

Benefits

Weekly CPD sessions

Generous pension scheme

Access to Ark rewards

Interest-free loans up to £5,000

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Passion to learn and develop through regular CPD.
• Ability to question and challenge the status quo.
• Promote the safety and wellbeing of students.

Responsibilities

• Deliver outstanding teaching across all disciplines.
• Develop and steer the English provision at Bolingbroke Academy.

Skills

Qualified teacher status

Strong experience teaching Key Stage 3

Excellent organization and communication skills

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Job description

Overview

KS3 English Lead Teacher
Reports to: Head of English
Start date: January 2026
Salary: £39,739 - £51,545 (Ark Main Pay scale AM1-AM6) + TLR 2A (£3,389)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday, 3 October 2025

Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled KS3 English Lead Teacher to develop and steer the English provision at Bolingbroke Academy. We are seeking to appoint a strong and engaging teacher who is committed to delivering outstanding teaching and learning across all disciplines.

Responsibilities

Our ideal candidate will:

• Qualified teacher with a Degree in a relevant subject
• Have a passion to learn and develop your practice through regular CPD and feedback
• The ability to question and challenge the status quo and find new and progressive solutions to existing systems
• Have strong experience teaching and achieving great results at Key Stage 3
• The ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of students and pupils
• Have excellent organisation and communication skills

About us

We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

We want all staff to thrive and model leadership and determination to the students and pupils within our rich and diverse community. We opened in 2012 with the vision to create a centre of excellence in the community.

We empower our teams by valuing the individual and prioritising professional development. This is delivered through weekly CPD sessions, dedicated line management meetings and by encouraging staff to develop their own ideas and projects, within their departments and beyond.

Bolingbroke Academy is a uniquely exciting, fulfilling and innovative place to work, learn and grow. We are proud to be rated as ‘Outstanding’ in all five categories in the 2024 Ofsted inspection. Ofsted’s recent parent survey also ranked us as the ‘happiest secondary school’ in Wandsworth.

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Benefits

• Weekly CPD sessions and twice as many training days as standard
• Dedicated line management meetings
• Encouragement to staff to develop their own ideas and projects within their departments and beyond
• Generous pension scheme
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/

About Us

At Ark Bolingbroke Academy, we are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

Our talented teaching and support staff insist on high educational standards every single day, and their commitment is shown in our excellent results, with over 80% of our students achieving a top-third university or top 100 apprenticeship.

We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.

Visit arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and inclusion

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.